12:55 PM,
Oct. 12, 2012

Robert Johnson is accused of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated child abuse by aggravated battery.

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A Melbourne man is being held in jail accused of hitting a 13-year-old boy with a crowbar.

According to a police report, Robert Johnson, 68, became upset when his significant other returned to their Saxon Street home later than expected from the grocery store. The woman gathered her belongings and children to leave, but Johnson allegedly threatened her with a crowbar, telling her to give him her cell phone.